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Re: beginner question: configure options


Got it!  Thanks, DJ.

Michael


--- DJ Delorie <dj at delorie dot com> wrote:
> 
> > When listing "configure --help", there're
> > "--with-FOO",
> > "--enable--FOO", where can I find detailed info
> about
> > what these options are?
> 
> They should be listed right at the bottom of the
> help listing.
> However, there aren't any specific to the toplevel,
> so you may need to
> go into one of the subdirectories to see what
> options are appropriate
> to that subdirectory.  For example, if you do
> "./configure --help" in
> src/newlib, you'll see this:
> 
> --enable and --with options recognized:
>   --enable-multilib         build many library
> versions (default)
>   --enable-target-optspace  optimize for space
>   --enable-newlib-mb        enable multibyte support
>   --enable-maintainer-mode enable make rules and
> dependencies not useful
>                           (and sometimes confusing)
> to the casual installer
>   --enable-newlib-hw-fp    Turn on hardware floating
> point math
> 


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